Complaint claims public money used for TSPLOST campaign
A citizen watchdog has filed a complaint claiming Gwinnett County and the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce violated state campaign finance laws by using tax dollars to support last month's failed transportation sales tax measure.
Sabrina Smith of Gwinnett Citizens for Responsible Government filed the complaint with the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission this week. She claims the chamber used county money designated for the Partnership Gwinnett economic development program to lobby for passage of the sales tax.
County and chamber officials have said the chamber used no public money to lobby for the measure.
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David Wickert writes about the state budget, finance and voting issues. Previously, he covered local government and politics in Gwinnett and Fulton counties. Before moving to Atlanta, he worked at newspapers in Illinois, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington.
